Surfacing comi osition and method of producing same



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' bon waxes, and any pitches derived from the dlstillation of mix- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. ROBFSON, 01 PORT HURON, MICHIGAN.

SURFACING com osrrr'onann METHOD or PRODUCING SAME.

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Myinvention relates to surfacing compo sitions and more particularly to a coating or surfacing composition, preferably in the nature of a synthetic liquid slating, primaril intended for application to materials used in the building industry such as iron, steel, wood, concrete, stone'and brick, but which is also adapted for coating other ma- The principal object of my invention is to produce an improved surfacin composition of this character which will fgn'm a highly eflicient protective coating for the materials to which it may be applied; and my invention includes the method of producing such improved composition as well as the composition itself.

My improved composition preferably comprises a novel mixture or combination of materials which may suitably be termed the base of the composition, preferably combined with a suitable thinning liquid, such as a neutral oil, and with a substance preferably including silicon such as that known as carbon silicon, thoughthe latter may be omitted without detriment to the composition for certain uses thereof. The substance referred to herein as carbon silicon is carbide of silicon, and the form thereof which I preferably employ is the colloidal dust or powder formed as a by-product. in makin carborundum.

The base of my improved composition consists of a mixture of a suitable resin, such as a natural synthetic resin or gum pro.- duced from coal tar distillates and preferably that known as paracoumarone resin, anyone or more of a number of hydro-carone or more of the tures of fatty acids and glycerine or from the various processes,'such as the Twitchell process, the sulphuric process and the catalytical processes, used in separating vegetable and animal fats into glycerine and fatty acids. The hydro-carbon waxes which I prefer to employ and find most suitable Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

Application filed August 25, 1921. Serial No. 495,360.

are Montan wax and ozokerite, while of the various pitches derived from the treatment of vegetable and animal oils I prefer to use wool pitch.

In forming the base for my surfacing composition, the resin, one or more of the hydro-carbon waxes, but preferably either one or both of the materials known as Montan wax and ozokerite, and one or more of the pitches, but preferably any one or more of the group of materials consisting of wool pitch, stearine pitch and palm oil pitch, are dissolved together in a suitable receptacle by the application of heat until thoroughly liquid. The specific ingredients used in forming the base of my composition, as well as the proportions in which they are combined, are subject to reat variation and depend upon the uses or which the finished product is designed and the conditions under which it is to be used. For example, in certain cases it is preferable to employ only one or the other of the hydro-carbon waxes specifically mentioned, viz: Montan wax and ozokerite; while in other cases it is desirable to employ both Montan wax and ozokerite.

'may be considerably varied, I refer to employ substantially three parts y volume of the thinning oil to one part by volume of the mixture. The resulting product may be colored as desired by the addition of suitable coloring pigments,-and for certain uses of the finished composition a substance containing silicon, such as carbon silicon, is added to or mixed with such product.

The surfacing composition above described constitutes what I terma liquid slating, and may be readily applied, as by brushing, to the surfaces of the various materials for which it is designedto be used. After it pitch, stearine pitch and palm oil,

slating, which is waterproof and weatherproof and unaiiected by acids and alkalis. .lVhen the composition is applied to wooden materials, such as shingles, it xsnetrates into the wood and has a tendencyto petrify it; when applied to brick it penetrates the same and produces a glazed surface thereon similar to that producedby vitrification, when applied to concrete and stone it renders the same impervious'to moisture; and when ap plied to iron, steel and other metals it forms a flexible, waterproof coating therefor and prevents such metals from corroding.

It is to be distinctly understood that tho specific ingredients of my improved surfacing composition and also the proportions'in which the ingredients are combined, are subject to wide variation, without departure from the spirit of the invention and the sco of the appended claims.

aving now fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A liquid slating composition comprising a mixture of a resin, a hydro-carbon wax, and pitch, said mixture being combined with a thinning oil and a substance including silicon.

2. A liquid slating composition comprising a mixture of a synthetic coal tar resin, a hydro-carbon wax, and pitch, said mixture being combined with a neutral thinning oil and carbon silicon;

3. A liquid slating composition comprising a mixture of paracoumarone resin, a. hydrocarbon wax, and pitch, said mixture beingincluding silicon.

4. A hquld slatmg composition comprising a mixture of a resin, Montan wax, and pitch, said mixture being combined with a thinning I 011 and-a substance including silicon.

5. A liquid slating composition comprising a mixture of 'paracouma-rone resin, Montan wax, and pitch, said mixture being combined with a thinning oil and a substance includ-, ing silicon.

6. A liquid slating composition comprising a mixture of a resin, a' hydro-carbon wax, and pitch, said mixture being combined with a neutral naphtha and a substance including silicon.

7. Aliquid slating composition comprising a mixture of a resin,a hydro-carbon wax, and pitch, said mixture being combinedwith a neutral coal tar oil and a substance including silicon.

8. Asurfacing composition comprising a mixture of a resin, a hydro-carbon Wax, and pitch, saidmixture being combined with a. thinning oil.

9. A surfacing composition comprising a mg a mixture containing paracoumarone .Jresin, Montan wax, ozokerite, wool pitch and stearine pitch, said mixture being combined combined with a thinning oil and a substance mixture of a synthetic coal tar resin, a hydro-carbon wax, and pitch, said mixture being combined with a neutral thinning oil.

10. A surfacing composition comprising a mixture of paracoumarone resin, a hydrocarbon wax, and pitch, said mixture being combined with a thinning oil. I

11. A surfacing composition comprising a niixture'ot' a resin, Montan wax, andpitch, said mixture being combined with a thinning oil.

, 12. A surfacing composition comprising a mixture of paracoumarone resin, Montan wax, and pitch, said mixture being combined with a thinning oil.

13. A surfacing composition comprising a. mixture of a resin, a hydro-carbon wax, and pitch, said mixture being combined with a neutral naphtha.

14. A surfacing composition comprising a mixture ,of a. resin, 2:. hydro-carbon wax. and pitch, said mixture being combined with a neutral coal tar oil.

15. A liquid slating composition, comprising a mixture containing paracoim'iarone resin, Montan wax, ozokeritepwool pitch, stearine pitch and palm oil pitch, said mixture being combined with a thinning liquid and a substance including silicon;

16. A liquid slatingcomposition, comprising a mixture containing paracoumaronc resin, Montan wax, wool pitch, stearine pitch and palm oil pitch, said mixture being combined with a thinning liquid and a substance including silicon;

1'7. A liquid slatmg composition, compriswith a thinning liquid and a substance ineluding silicon. I 1 18. A liquid slatmg composition, comprising mixture containing paracoumarone resin, Montan wax, oz'okerite and wool pitch,

said mixture being combined with a thinning liquid and a substance including silicon.

19. A liquid slatmg composition comprlsing a mixture of a synthetic resin produced from coal tar distillates, a hydro-carbon wax, wool pitch, stearine pitch and palm oil pitch, said mixture being combined with a thinning liquid and a substance including silicon. 4

20. A liquid slating composition comprising a mixture of a synthetic resin produced from coal tar distillates, a hydro carbon wax, wool pitch and stearine pitch, said mixture being combined with a thinnin'gliquid and a substance including silicon.

21. A liquid slating composition compris ing a mixture of a synthetic resin produce from coal tar distillates, a hydro-carbon wax and wool pitch, said mixture being combined with a thinning liquid and a substance including silicon,

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. coal tar distillates,

22. A surfacing composition comprising a mixture of a synthetic resin produced a hydro-carbpn wax, pitch, stearine pitch and palm o1l pitch, said mixture being. combined with a thinning liquid. y

23. A surfacing composition comprising a mixture of a synthetic resin produced from coal tar distillates, a hydro-carbon wax, Wool pitch and stearine pitch, saidmixture being combined with a thinning liquid.

24. A surfacing compositlon comprising A a mixture of a synthetic resinproduced from a hydro-carbon wax and coal tar distillates,

being combined wool pitch, said mixture with a thinning liquid. v

25. A base for a surfacing composition contamin a synthetic resin produced from coal tar distillates, a hydro-carbon wax and a pitch. H 1

26. A surfacing composition comprising a mixture containing a synthetic. resin produced fromcoal tar distillates, a hydro-carbon wax and a pitch s'aid mixture being combined with a thinning liquid. e

27. A liquid slating composition comprising amixture containing asyntheticmes in producedfrom coal tar distillates, a h drocarbon wax and a pitch said mixture eing combined with a thinning liquid and a substanceincluding silicon. I 28. A surfacing composition comprising a mixture containing a synthetic resln produced from-coal tar distillates', a hydro-carbon wax and at least one of the pitches, obtained in separating vegetable and animal from wool proximately 3 parts of the oil to one part.

,then thinning a synthetic'resin produce oils into glycerine and fatty acids, said mixture bein combined with a coal tar oil.-

29. A l quid slating composition comprising composition. which consists in dissolving I together by heat until 11 uid, a mixture of from coal tar distillates, a hydro-carbon wax. and a pitch and'then thinning themelted mixture with a neutral oil and adding a substance including silicon thereto. v

32. The process of pro ducing a surfacing composition which consists in dissolvingtogether by heat until liquid, ainixture-of a synthetic resin produced from coal tar distillates, a hydro-carbon wax -and a pitch and then thinning the melted mixture by adding thereto a neutral oil in theproportion of apot the mixture. 1 y This specification signed this 20th day of August 1921.

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